Healthier Workspaces
What happens to all of that stuff that gets flushed down the toilet? If you own a septic system, you know that it goes into the septic tank, which then has to eventually get pumped. If you don’t own a septic system, you may believe that your waste travels through the plumbing and out of your life forever. Unfortunately, sewer waste can actually come back to haunt us in the form of fatbergs.
Continue reading “What is a fatberg and what effect does it have on our environment?”
Toilets are one of the worst hoarders of a precious resource — water. Flushing a toilet installed prior to 1982 can flush 5-7 gallons of water… That’s 5-7 jugs of milk worth of water! While modern toilets can flush less water, many toilets can be “tuned up” to use even less water, saving resources and even lightening your bill. Let’s talk about some ways you can tune up your toilet:
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Are your hands really clean?
Up to 80% of communicable diseases are transferred by touch.
Only 20% of people wash their hands before preparing food.
6 Seconds: Most people wash their hands for this long.
20 seconds is the minimum amount of time for handwashing according to the CDC.